Visa Sponsorship Jobs 2024

Health Care Assistant Job summary:

The Vascular service at North Cumbria Integrated Care is due to open a Vascular Lab at Cumberland Infirmary early 2025. As a result of this, the team are expanding and we are looking for enthusiastic health care assistants to support in running and leading on the day to day functions of the lab.This is an exciting new role within the organisation, with the opportunity to work as part of a team who are keen to develop the service and improve the way we deliver vascular care to our patients through the new facilities within the Vascular Lab. You will be working under the supervision of the senior clinical nurse specialist team, and there will be ample opportunity to develop skills and progress in a vascular nursing career.

 

Health Care Assistant Main duties

The health care assistants within the Vascular Lab will be responsible for supporting the nursing & consultant team to run the day to day Vascular outpatient activities efficiently.

The post holder will:

  • Be responsible for supporting the delivery of outpatient clinics & treatments within the Vascular department alongside a multi-disciplinary team.
  • To support in providing high quality care to Vascular patients.
  • Be an integral member of the Vascular team delivering care within the Vascular specialty.

The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this. For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the “read this before applying” section.

 

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

 

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

 

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

 

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

 

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:

  • Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

  • youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
  • the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

 

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

 

 

 

 

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oGCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
  • oNational Care Certificate or commitment to complete as part of induction process.
  • oNVQ3 in care (willingness to complete within one year of start date) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • oWork in customer focused/caring environment

Desirable

  • oExperience in Vascular

Knowledge

Essential

  • oAbility to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
  • oAbility to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient/client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
  • oAbility to meet basic care needs of patients, washing, dressing, assistance with feeding etc.
  • oUnderstanding of confidentiality.

Desirable

  • oNursing policies and procedures.

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • oGood communication and interpersonal skills.
  • oAbility to meet deadlines.
  • oAbility to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
  • oCompetent in physical skills eg recording ECG’s recording blood glucose etc.
  • oAbility to work as a team member, without close supervision.
  • oGood organisation skills & ability to use own initiative.
  • oAbility to liase with main Vascular unit effectively.

Desirable

  • oIT skills.
  • oKeyboard skills.
  • oExtended scope of practice pertinent to role.

Personal & Other

Essential

  • oMotivation, enthusiasm and a passion to develop a long term career within Vascular services.
  • oAlignment to Trust Values and Core Behaviours.
  • oAbility to work cross site as needed, if required.

Desirable

  • oExperience of working in the Trust previously.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle

CA2 7HY

To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.